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PHONE B
93.9%
of words eliminated

How PHONE performs

Played first, PHONE removes about 93.9% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.96 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #2,783 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. Roughly 39% of the time at least one letter lands in the right spot.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, PHONE left an average of 141 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 12, 2026, when the answer was CLACK and 365 candidates survived. It has been the daily answer once.

First-guess odds

OutcomePHONE
First-turn solve*0.04%
At least one green39.2%
Any green or yellow84.5%
Whole row gray15.5%
Worst case answers left365

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.